Staging your Seattle Home

Seattle Home Staging Home staging may be one of the hottest trends in real estate today. Advocates say that home sales for staged homes are often faster and at higher prices than similar unstaged homes. Just what is home staging and how can it help you sell your home? Staging is a process of cleaning, organizing, rearranging, updating, and preparing your home for sale. Sound good? Anyone who’s ever had a home for sale, languishing on the market for weeks or even months, will probably be all for any process than can help avoid that situation in the future.  Enjoy these before-and-after staged homes for sale in Seattle.

All Seattle Dream Homes are staged to look like a beautiful model home! This will help you get top dollar, sell your home faster, and with the least inconvenience.

 

 

Staging your home gives a measurable difference in time and money

In a study conducted by the Real Estate Staging Association, a group of vacant homes that had remained unsold for an average of 131 days were taken off the market, staged, and relisted. The newly staged properties sold, on average, in just 42 days, – which is approximately 68 percent less time on the market.

These studies were done again in a more challenging market, and the numbers were even more dramatic. Vacant homes that were previously on the market for an average of 156 days as un-staged properties, when listed again as staged properties, sold after an average of 42 days—an average of 73 percent less time on the market.

 

Staging before-and-after photos by Seattle Dream Homes

 

This home was a sweet cottage done in a palette of “Builders Gray”.  While neutral, the home needed a punch of color and some smaller apartment-sized furniture.

The new flooring was a bit distracting in pattern, so we made a choice to put down a rug to try to calm down the visual chatter and add a few pops of color

This bedroom just needed some touch up and some cute furniture and accessories to make it shine.

This was a mid-century home with hardwood floors, a fireplace in the center of the room and simple clean lines.  In the before photos, you can see the paint color was what we called “Cheetoh”, but everything else was great. After a $50 can of paint and some quick clean-up, the living room was staged with neutral furniture and it looked great.

Another room that just needed some cleaning and a fresh coat of paint.  We even used the same furniture but added some neutral linens and some nice art work to lighten up the room.

The owner didn’t want to paint this room and we were able to work with the colors by adding a white throw rug.  We used the owners furniture but added some cute linens and art to lighten up the space and bring it into a more modern style.

This was a simple mid-century unremodeled bathroom and remodeling was not in the budget.  The only thing we changed was added a new toilet seat and the rest is decor…. new lighter shower curtain and a few accessories.

This was a dark basement room and the seller had no budget for remodeling.  We found another twin bed in another room and added some matching linens to create a fun guest room or children’s room.

No budget here for making improvements so we improvised and moved one of the beds downstairs and using just one large bed with pretty linens to lighten up the space.

This house had great bones (1927 Arthur Loveless home on Capitol Hill) and it was stunning, but the owner had lived there 50+ years and needed some updating.  Remodeling was not in the budget, so we just painted and brought in a few items for staging and it looked great.

The owners had left a large loveseat and didn’t want to remove it, so we worked around it and added a sheepskin and a few pillows to dress it up.  We removed the large heavy 1950’s curtains to lighten up the room.

This beautiful office didn’t need much, so we brought in a desk and a few accessories to give some warmth to the space

Beautiful lines and gleaming hardwood floors were already here, so we just “redecorated” and lightened up the space with white curtains and a white rug, which filled the room with light and helped to “modernize” it without spending a great deal of money.  Sometimes working with what one has works out just fine.

This was a nice and clean mid-century home with clean lines and beautiful hardwood floors.  We brought in some staging furniture and it looked great, very warm and homey and people loved it.  We had a full-price offer in less than a week.

The owner was staying on the premises with just a few pieces of furniture.  When they moved out, we just brought a few pieces in for staging and the place looked great. 

This home was a lovely mid-century home with clean lines and it had this beautiful fireplace that was a focal point.  We added some staging furniture, professional photos and a “fire” in the fireplace and had a lot of complements on the home.

Staging your Seattle Home for sale in a powerful tool when it comes to selling your home

Staging is a powerful advantage when selling your home, but that’s not the only reason to do it. Staging uncovers problems that need to be addressed, repairs that need to be made, and upgrades that should be undertaken. For a relatively small investment of time and money, you can reap big returns. Staged properties are more inviting, and that inspires the kind of peace-of-mind that gets buyers to sign on the dotted line.

What’s more, the investment in staging can bring a higher price. According to the National Association of REALTORS, the average staging investment is between one percent and three percent of the home’s asking price, and typically generates a return of eight to ten percent.

In short, less time on the market and higher selling prices make the small cost of staging your home a wise investment.

Interested in learning more and want to know more about Marketing your home for sale in Seattle? Want more Staging Ideas for Homes in Seattle?  Contact me for information about the value of staging and referrals for professional home stagers by email, Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com.

Staging curious? 

Wondering how it works or how much it will cost?  

Let us show you some affordable options to stage and sell your home. 

Email Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com and tell us a bit about your home and we’ll set up a time to come visit and talk about the process and next steps. 

 

Call or email Marlow@SeattleDreamHomes.com.  Tell us about your house, where it’s located and what you’re looking for and we can chat.  Thanks!